March 11, 1949

• Ralph Kemerling had quite an exciting coyote hunt Thursday of last week with his three dogs near the Harry Portis place. The dogs chased a coyote about 15 miles before finally catching him near the Harold Luhrs place west of Rock Port. Once caught, it was found that the coyote only had two feet. His right front and left rear foot had been cut off at the first joint and his tail was off. Even as crippled as he was, the animal was fat and appeared to be five or six years old.

• Clarence Umbarger was bruised and shaken up Thursday morning of last week when he fell some 20 feet from a bridge on his farm south of Fairfax. Mr. Umbarger was supervising the building of the bridge and sat down on a board that had been placed on some framework. The board was rotten and broke, throwing Mr. Umbarger backward off the bridge. Miraculously, he had no broken bones.

• Perry Smith, 29, brother of Ray and Harold Smith of Fairfax, was killed in a plane crash while flying maneuvers with the U.S. Marine Air Corps near Puerto Rico.

• Cadet Everett L. True of Fairfax, a cadet at the United States Military Academy, recently visited the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The visit was in accordance with a program where first and second classmen or seniors and juniors are exchanged with a similar group of midshipmen for three days.

March 14, 1974

• The Fairfax Bulldogs’ basketball season came to an end March 6 at Lexington, losing to Smithton in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs. They ended the season with a 24-4 win-loss record. Senior Rick Martin was the leading scorer with a total of 419 points. He totaled 1,136 points for his career. Junior Mark Hawkins was the second leading scorer averaging 15 points per game. Junior Hal Kottman was the leading rebounder with a total of 304.

• Mr. and Mrs. Earle Sims returned Saturday from a week’s vacation which took them to Port Au Prince, Haiti, Port Antonio, Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Nassau via The Starward cruise ship.

• Gary Perkins has been appointed as consulting director of finance for Community Hospital Association, Fairfax. Perkins is a 26-year-old administrative accountant for Nebraska Methodist Hospital and works with other hospitals as well. He will be assisted by Mrs. Gertrude Wright, business office manager.

March 11, 1999

• The Hunting Fever had a quick cure once 45 hunters took part in an event Saturday and Sunday, February 27, at the Joshua’s Birdbuster LLC Hunting Grounds northwest of Fairfax. The event netted around $4,000 in proceeds for the development council of Community Hospital Association in Fairfax. The event included hunters taking their turn at 23 stations for the continental tower hunting, shooting clays, a field hunt with their dogs for pheasants, and a hog roast.

• The Fairfax Wolverine 4-H Club received a donation from the Wayne Whitford Memorial and the members voted to use the money to purchase new books for the Fairfax R-3 School Library.

• The Fairfax Tiger Cubs visited the Fairfax Forum March 2. They were earning the “Tell It Like It Is” badge.

• God makes the trees and then the Walnut Shop takes over. The Walnut Shop in Fairfax was begun by W.P. Kincannon in his garage in 1972. Now it is located in a building owned and operated by Jim and Mary Salmond.